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John M'Ewen added three cows of the Beaufort 

 Undine family, from the late Mr Peter M'Caull's sales 

 at Knockhill, Bridge of Allan. His best-known bull 

 was the Aylmer-bred roan Pole Star (66,024), which 

 he acquired from Mr Alexander Robertson, Ballechin. 

 With Pole Star Mr M'Ewen won the cup at Stirling, 

 and fourth prize at the Highland. The bull was then 

 sold for exportation to the Argentine. Mr M'Ewen 

 received some good prices at Perth during the eighties, 

 but when times became dull he gradually sold off 

 most of his Shorthorns. 



For about nine years (1879-1888) the late Cap- 

 tain Charles H. Dundas, afterwards Sir Charles H. 

 Dundas, Bart., had a good herd at Dunira. The 

 foundation was laid with selections from Keir, 

 Halkerston, and Lethenty. Booth, Bates, and 

 Knightley blood were blended towards the finish. 

 The dispersion sale, which was held on 28th Sept- 

 ember 1888, proved dull, although the exposer was 

 a man of singular charm and universally esteemed. 

 The best figure was 55 gs., paid by Mr Burt Marshall 

 of Luncarty, for Luxury, a yearling heifer. For 

 nearly a quarter of a century, down to about 1914, 

 the Luncarty herd was kept going. Among the 

 buyers were Lady Cathcart, the Earl of Camper- 

 down, Mr F. W. Christie, Mr Alexander Robertson, 

 Mr Carnegie of Aytounhill, and Messrs Lumsden & 

 MacKenzie. Perthshire men of the older school love 

 to remember Sir Charles when he was the portly, 

 ruddy-coloured Major Dundas of the closing decade 

 of last century. He was a most characteristic figure- 



